Ooooh yes.

Lots of people working on it. And the cost depends heavily on the cost of power. So as solar gets cheaper it becomes more competitive.

It's essentially an alternative to batteries, just another way to store energy and move it around.

we can only hope

We could also spend energy to pump hydrocarbons back underground which would remove net carbon from the atmosphere.

If that turns out to be necessary.

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Ok, but I can get twice that at least out of my half-destroyed Ford station wagon... Still needs work, but hey, maybe...

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Forests and tress; It's not just bread. It's bread, milk, bandages, car parts, whole cars, feild artillery peices, half-finished porn movies (ok, pre-edited porn movies), tires, unpainted window frames (vinyl only, they don't make aluminum anymore), door knockers, artificial stone, ready-pour concrete, unready pour concrete, F-18's, F-16's (if they don't crash halfway there), M-16's, M-14's, radiat... ¿Get the picture?
Phasing out gas and deisel may or may not be absolutely necessary.

Less electric cars! Less fun!

You used the example of bread and i used the example of bread.

I get the picture.

200-250 miles gets you farther than you think. Plus, the logistics around charging are different than pumping gas.

I'm not retarded.

I understand that not only bread gets cheaper when everything gets cheaper.

Thanks.

Yes 200+ miles is very far, plenty for most people.

Electric cars still have a long way before becoming viable, and an improvement over gasoline based.

I said when people drive teslas bread doesn't get cheaper, Mandatory.

I said when people drive teslas bread doesn't get cheaper, Mandatory.

Why would bread prices be affected by electric cars.

Mandatory's argument is when fuel prices are cheaper for shipping, everything gets cheaper for consumers.

And why is that a conversation first off.

LOl

Ah.

Backlog of chat up above.

Basically he's saying yea when trucks don't have to pay for fuel, products will be cheaper.

Uh.

Fuel is fuel.

Or when the fuel is cheaper

Whether it's gas or electric.

You are paying for a particular product of travel regardless.

He's talking alternative, like, who knows what, anything besides liquid fuel and electricity

idk his argument entirely, seems magical to me.

The only shizz we got is gas, electric, and hydrogen which is largely pre-prod.

Lol.

well there's diesel

but yeah

True.

At the end of the day battery technology is severely lacking, and to sustain high doses of electricity we will have to opt in towards other methods. In my opinion, that will go way of nuclear, or fusion (when that becomes viable).

Yea i don't see electric 18wheelers being very effective

Agreed.

I have no doubt that electric will *one day* surpass gasoline or diesel, but that's far off into the horizon.